Moto Guzzi Museum has recently re-opened their doors to the newly renovated space on the Lecco shore of Lake Como. The new home is a brain-child from American architect Greg Lynn.
The reconstruction took about 5 years to complete, as the new venue is a mesh of a working factory and a 3,000-square-meter museum. The design previews Lynn’s perspective of the local mountains. It uses cone-like volumes that step down in height as they meet the piazza wrapped in gray metals. The cladding turned “Guzzi red” as the structure moves towards the shop. Subtle design features includes the circle and stadium-shaped oval shaped windows that are crafted from borrowed from headlamps and instrument dials.
The interior is adorned in all-white, with curved balustrades, oval apertures placed on the upper floors and a circular roof-light ringed with bulbs. The reception counter is a deep green arc, while seating is a black leather ring. The Moto Guzzi Cafe is draped in a pale terrazzo is used across the floor, and is paired with a mint-green coffered ceiling grid, opal glass globes on brass rings and a salon hang of archive posters and racing photographs.
The site is open to the public for Moto Guzzi World Days until September 6th and is free to visit.
Take A Closer Look At The Greg Lynn Renovated Moto Guzzi Museum Below!
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